https://civic.mit.edu Creating Technology for Social Change Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:05:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.2 https://civic.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2018/03/cropped-CivicMedia_Symbol_K_RGB-32x32.png https://civic.mit.edu 32 32 https://civic.mit.edu/2019/01/22/narrative-objects-sexual-healing/ Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:01:17 +0000 https://civic.mit.edu/?p=2392 Note: This post includes content about sexual trauma. This is the first in a series of posts about Narrative Objects: physical artifacts — from the speculative to the functional — that tell new stories about the world we live in. Sexual Healing is a collection of sensory objects for people who experience sexual problems after a traumatic experience, focusing on individual agency and the reclamation of pleasure, rather than clinical treatment. These objects are meant to be functional at the […]]]> https://civic.mit.edu/2018/11/05/my-deep-sea-my-backyard-participatory-ocean-exploration/ Mon, 05 Nov 2018 16:31:23 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/?p=2326 In our lab at the MIT Center for Civic Media, much of our work centers around broadening participation in technology design (for example, the Make the Breast Pump Not Suck project). Lately, in collaboration with the MIT Open Ocean Initiative, we have also been thinking about how to broaden participation in scientific discovery. Traditionally, ocean exploration is done by those with formal degrees and access to costly equipment, but in order to fully explore and understand our vast oceans, we […]]]> https://civic.mit.edu/2014/11/20/media-lab-conversations-series-challenges-in-the-fight-against-ebola/ Thu, 20 Nov 2014 15:42:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2014/11/20/media-lab-conversations-series-challenges-in-the-fight-against-ebola/ https://civic.mit.edu/2014/11/05/fold-part-time-job-opportunity-for-javascript-developer/ Wed, 05 Nov 2014 19:47:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2014/11/05/fold-part-time-job-opportunity-for-javascript-developer/ Our team at the Center for Civic Media is developing innovative new tools to re-think how people publish and consume news. FOLD is a reading, authoring, and publishing platform allowing storytellers to structure and contextualize complex stories. You can read a little bit more about us on Fast Company, Nieman Lab, and Boston Magazine. We are looking for a Boston-area contract developer who wants to play an active role in realizing the vision for the […]]]> https://civic.mit.edu/2014/07/25/monitorial-citizenship-projects-and-tools/ Fri, 25 Jul 2014 00:14:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2014/07/25/monitorial-citizenship-projects-and-tools/ https://civic.mit.edu/2014/06/24/putting-users-first/ Tue, 24 Jun 2014 14:18:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2014/06/24/putting-users-first/ https://civic.mit.edu/2014/06/12/as220-creating-a-just-and-uncensored-forum-for-the-arts/ Thu, 12 Jun 2014 13:14:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2014/06/12/as220-creating-a-just-and-uncensored-forum-for-the-arts/ https://civic.mit.edu/2014/02/17/workshop-stories/ Mon, 17 Feb 2014 15:36:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2014/02/17/workshop-stories/ https://civic.mit.edu/2013/12/12/seamus-kraft-producing-open-laws-and-open-legislation/ Thu, 12 Dec 2013 15:15:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2013/12/12/seamus-kraft-producing-open-laws-and-open-legislation/ https://civic.mit.edu/2013/11/19/improving-digital-security-and-privacy-practices/ Tue, 19 Nov 2013 11:11:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2013/11/19/improving-digital-security-and-privacy-practices/